IRC
Adult Education Intern (Unpaid)
Elizabeth, NJ USA · Intern · Internship
Work authorization required$20k-$25kDetected 8 days ago
Customer SupportCommunication
About the role
- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.
- If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
- Interns will learn about refugee resettlement and refugee social services.
Responsibilities
- Support in administering pre-test and post-test of students using standardized and non-standardized tests.
- Assist staff and volunteer instructors and learners with daily classroom issues, including attendance, multilingual technical support, sending daily class reminders, and confirming class schedule changes.
- Perform data entries, file, and assemble information for comprehensive reports in the internal databases (ETO) and Microsoft spreadsheets.
- Interns will develop administrative, digital literacy, and presentation skills.
- A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.
Requirements
- Desired languages but not required: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Dari/Farsi, Pashto, or Kiswahili.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment.
Nice to have
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certificate or degree is strongly preferred.
Compensation
- $20k-$25k
Benefits
- We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits.
- The Adult Education intern supports the adult education program staff to meet the educational needs of adult refugee, asylee, and immigrant populations in northern New Jersey area.
- We offer a variety of classes and services, including English language instruction, Cultural Orientation, Digital Literacy Program, Job and Readiness Training, and referrals to external educational opportunities.
- Together, these form a comprehensive multi-faceted program designed to meet the immediate and ongoing education needs of our diverse group of clients.
- Support clients to enroll in other adult education programs with the community providers.
Equal opportunity
- Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an
Visa & Work Authorization
- Volunteers must be based in the U.S. Interns must be based in US, must be a US citizen or have US work authorization, must be enrolled in post-secondary institution or have graduated from a post-secondary institution within last 2 years.
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